"Conscience, that candid judge of right and wrong, / Will o'er the secrets of each heart preside, / Nor aw'd by pomp, nor tam'd by soothing song."
— Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774)
Work Title
Date
May 7, 1772; 1851
Metaphor
"Conscience, that candid judge of right and wrong, / Will o'er the secrets of each heart preside, / Nor aw'd by pomp, nor tam'd by soothing song."
Metaphor in Context
Where is the king that Conscience fears to chide?
Conscience, that candid judge of right and wrong,
Will o'er the secrets of each heart preside,
Nor aw'd by pomp, nor tam'd by soothing song.
Conscience, that candid judge of right and wrong,
Will o'er the secrets of each heart preside,
Nor aw'd by pomp, nor tam'd by soothing song.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "judge" and "heart" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
At least 8 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1773, 1775, 1777, 1782, 1785, 1788, 1799, 1800).
Originally published in Ruddiman's Magazine.
Text from Fergusson, Robert. The Works of Robert Fergusson, ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart (Edinburgh: Fullarton and Macnab, 1851).
Originally published in Ruddiman's Magazine.
Text from Fergusson, Robert. The Works of Robert Fergusson, ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart (Edinburgh: Fullarton and Macnab, 1851).
Date of Entry
08/31/2004
Date of Review
04/14/2009
